Container



March 18 1924.

E. F. HULBERT CONTAINER Filed Dec. 29.- I922 WJTNESSES Patented Mar. 18, 1924.

EDWIN I. HULBEBT, OF EILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO mas'rm PACKAGE CORPORATION, OF OWEN, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

CONTAINER.

Application filed December 29, 1922. Serial No. 609,686.

T at? whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EDWIN F. HULBERT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is' a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawin which are: a part of this specification. fie invention relates to containers and more particularly to a reinforced fibre container.

The object of the invention is to provide a container for cheese, cofi'ee, grain, fruits and other commodities, which may be easily reduced and which has its heads reinforced Ey metal bands that also secure the heads to the sides of the cover or body of the container.

' With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction hereinafter set forth and all equivalents.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a container embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on a radial line through the cover of the box; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the parts partly assembled; Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views showing the manner of clampin the band.

e construction of the cover 6 and body portion 7 of the container or box are the same and the side of the cover is designed to fit over the side of the body portion to com lete the container.

e subject matter of the invention relates to the means employed for connecting the head to the side of the cover or body of the box and as such means are identical for both the cover and the body of the box the cover alone has been shown in detail for the purpose of explaining the invention.

The sides of the cover, as well as the sides of the box, are composed of concentric fibre rings or tubes 8 and 9 made of one or more plies of fibre and secured together in any suitable manner, as b gluing. The outer ring or tube 9 is wi er than the ring or tube 8 and extends beyond it to form a chime 10. The circular head 11, which may be made of one or more plies of fibre, fits within the chime 10 and seats on the outer edge 12 of the ring 8. This head may have a peripheral groove 13 formed therein.

The head 11 is clamped to the sides of the cover, as well as the sides of the box, by a sheet metal chime ring 14 which is tightly clamped about the outer ring 9 and preferably has tongues or spurs l5 punched therein and pressed into said ring 9 to prevent any possibilit of sli page between said ring 14 and the si ing. e upper edge 16 of the ring 14 is bent around the chime 10 and forms a reinforced peripheral edge, the ring being preferably so bent or spun as to have its turned-over edge brought into engagement with the head 11 so as to tightly clamp the peripheral edge of said head between the edge 12 of the ring 8 and the chime ring, and where the head is provided with the groove 13 a part of the turnedover edge 16 extends into this cove.

The chime ring 14 is prefera ly made of a strip of sheet metal whose ends 17 and 18 are preferably hooked together around the side of either the cover or body, as shown in Fig. 4, and then bent down against the sides to form an interlocked joint 19, as shown in Fig. 5 the ring being then in the form shown in Fig. 3, with its upper edge extending over the chime 10. Then the indentations are made in the ring to form the tongues after which the upper edge of the ring is turned over, as shown in Fig. 2, and in doingthis part of the chime 10 is also bent over with the ring, as shown at 20 in Fig. 2.

Where the box is used for cheese one or more ventilating openings 21 are punched through the box. It will be noted that in the construction above described the metal ring forms a stron reinforcement for the top and bottom of t e box or container and that said container rests upon this ring when placed on a. support.

I desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to any specific form or arrangement of parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a container, the combination, with a circular head, of siding including concentric inner and outer rings secured together, the outer ring extending beyond the inner ring to form a chime and the outer edge of the inner ring forming a seat for the head whose peripheral portion fits within said chime,

and a sheetmetal chime ring clamped to the outer ring and extendin over into clamping engagement with sai head.

2. In a container, the combination, with a circular head, of siding including inner and outer rings of fibre secured together, the

- head fits and the outer edge of the inner ring forming a seat for the head, and a sheet metal chime ring clamped to the outer ring and extending over with the chime portion of said outer ring into clamping engagement wlth said head.

4. In a container, the combination, with a circular head, of siding including concentric inner and outer rings secured together, the outer ring extending'beyond the inner ring to form a chime within which the head fits and the outer edge of the inner ring forming a seat for the head, a stri of Sheet metal having its ends interlocke to form a chime ring clamped to the outer ring with its outer edge extendin over into clamping engagementwith sai head.

In a container, the combination, with a circular head, of siding including concentric inner and outer rings secured together, the outer ring extending beyond. the inner ring to form a chime and the outer ed 'e of the inner ring forming a seat for the head whose peripheral portion fits within said chime, a sheet metal chime ring clamped to the outer ring and extending over into clamping engagement with said head, and means for preventing relative movement between said chime ring and siding.

EDWIN F. HULBERT. 

